LONDON – A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

A startling message on a 1,200-year-old granite slab created by the Vikings appears to predict climate change, experts say. The research, published in Futharc: International Journal of Runic Studies, ...

The Rök stone, an ancient, five-ton granite slab erected by Vikings in southern Sweden in the 9th century AD, has baffled scientists for more than 100 years. Its inscriptions are the earliest known ...

Today's Object of the Week feature focusses on a set of stones which provide an insight into Viking life on Teesside more than 1,000 years ago. THE Kirklevington Stones on display at Preston Park ...

They are a rare collection of Viking-era grave stones that marked the power centre of a medieval kingdom in the heart of what is now industrial Glasgow. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

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A unique collection of Viking-age monuments, which lay unloved in a Govan churchyard for 1,000 years, has attracted the attention of the British Museum. Its curator said the Govan Stones was one of ...